Beatdown

Attempted robbery leads to a little attitude adjustment:

A man is suing an auto-parts store for assault and battery after he attempted to hold up the business and employees responded by beating him with a metal pipe.

Buckman escaped and was arrested a week later.

He pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and was sentenced to 18 years in prison as a repeat violent felon.

What's his bitch-name? Pipe Holster?

Lawyer Phillip R. Hurwitz, who represents Buckman, said the employees crossed the line by pursuing Buckman and attacking him.

"The danger was past," Hurwitz said. "These two employees took it upon themselves to go after Mr. Buckman after he left the store."

You're right, Mr. Hurwitz; their behavior was inexcuseable. They should have killed the piece of genetic flotsam and saved the taxpayers of New York a chunk of cash.